Josh Koscheck vs. Robbie Lawler

UFC 15-10-0 vs. 15-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
15-10-0
UFC record
15-10-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
48
AgeΔ 4 yrs
44
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
136.6
Layoff (months)Δ 99.6 mo
37
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Josh Koscheck owns the mat — in control 39% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Josh Koscheck hunts takedowns — 2.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Robbie Lawler absorbs 5.18 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Josh Koscheck

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Robbie Lawler

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1510
Tier 3 — regional circuit 156

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 47 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4281.79/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
13344.19/min · norm 3.17
5272.21/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
16505.18/min · norm 3.06
36.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.3%norm 44.9%
63.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.3%norm 55.25%
40.25/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
100.47/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Josh Koscheck

Distance 74.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 19.8% (norm 8.1%)

Robbie Lawler

Distance 78.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 14.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Josh Koscheck

Head 88.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Robbie Lawler

Head 85.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Koscheck L/AAccWelterweight med Lawler L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 204 / 880 23.2% 38.6% 927 / 2176 42.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 45 / 69 65.2% 67.8% 288 / 403 71.5% 67.8%
On the ground 179 / 234 76.5% 67.2% 119 / 181 65.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 322 / 1041 30.9% 37.2% 1012 / 2371 42.7% 37.2%
To the body 80 / 110 72.7% 70.7% 265 / 323 82.0% 70.7%
To the legs 26 / 32 81.2% 82.9% 57 / 66 86.4% 82.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Koscheck L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Lawler L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 413 / 1275 32.4% 39.0% 1319 / 3467 38.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 74 / 97 76.3% 68.9% 293 / 437 67.0% 68.9%
On the ground 40 / 59 67.8% 68.0% 38 / 53 71.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 319 / 1139 28.0% 35.6% 1049 / 3155 33.2% 35.6%
To the body 45 / 83 54.2% 69.6% 332 / 468 70.9% 69.6%
To the legs 163 / 209 78.0% 82.1% 269 / 334 80.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4048.2% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1773.9% acc · 0.80/15 · norm 1.27
1864.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
7064.8% def · norm 63.9%
92:1238.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
32:0910.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
24:221:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
56:212:39 per 15 · norm 3:15
70.44/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Koscheck has more cage time on record.